Narrative Play

White Dwarf 458 Review: The Argovon Campaign, Phase 2

Garrett "John Condit" Severson - November 25, 2020

Between the Core Rules and Beyond the Veil, there are plenty of missions for your Crusade campaign to play through. But what if you wanted something different? The Argovon Campaign is the first of Games Workshop’s new Flashpoints, which...

Narrative Play

White Dwarf 457 Review: Flashpoint and the Argovon Campaign, Part 1

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 19, 2020

White Dwarf 457 is out and it introduces a new ongoing series called Flashpoints, which explore specific warzones and regions within the 40k universe, with new backstory and rules. Based on this initial entry, they seem like an interesting...

Gaming

Crusade Focus: Necrons

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 15, 2020

Similar to the Imperial forces in Codex: Space Marines (whose Crusade rules we reviewed earlier this week), Necrons got their own set of Crusade rules in their new codex, fleshing out the faction with new agendas, relics, traits, and...

Battlefleet Gothic

The Koronus Expanse: An Integrated Battlefleet Gothic and 40k Crusade Map Campaign

James "Boon" Kelling - October 10, 2020

Following on the heels of our Goonhammer introduction of Battlefleet Gothic we are excited to introduce a brand new series that covers a live, ongoing campaign that brings together the Battlefleet Gothic system and the Warhammer 40,000 Crusade system...

Crusade

Goonhammer Reviews Warhammer 40,000: Beyond the Veil

Garrett "John Condit" Severson - September 26, 2020

While the majority of our articles focus on competitive and tournament play for Warhammer 40,000, many of us here at Goonhammer enjoy narrative games that drip with theme and story as much as we do matched play games -...

Gaming

Goonhammer Approved: The Magnificent Seven

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 22, 2020

Danger always strikes when everything seems fine. Sometimes a warrior isn't in it for fortune or fame. Sometimes a warrior just straps on his guns and goes to battle against impossible odds because it's the right thing to do. Why?...

Gaming

Automated 40K Crusade Roster

Charlie B - September 10, 2020

Crusade games involve a teensy bit more paperwork than your average game of 40K. A semi-automated digital version of the Crusade roster would make things easier, and yet there didn't seem to be such a thing out in the intertubes,...

Competitive Play

9th Edition Rulebook and Field Manual FAQ: The Goonhammer Hot Take

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 11, 2020

A new week brings with it some exciting updates to 40K - after several weeks of eager anticipation since launch, the FAQ for the 9th Edition rulebook is here, along with some fixes to points values from Chapter Approved....

Gaming

Goonhammer Hot Take: The Big Power Levels Update

Goonhammer Staff - August 10, 2020

It’s August 10th and as promised, Games Workshop updated the Warhammer 40,000 app (well, the Android version anyways) and published a PDF with new PL values for all of the game’s units. While normally competitive games use points instead...

Crusade

They See Me Crusadin’, They Hatin’: An Investigation of The Crusade Gameplay Loop

Coda - August 8, 2020

Hello reader! If there was one thing that excited me about 9th edition, it was Crusade. The premise is incredible - 40k progressive Narrative play, with an official framework and heavy support is literally the stuff of dreams. But is...